Termanu language
(Redirected from Talae language)
| Termanu | |
|---|---|
| Pa'da | |
| Central Rote | |
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Rote Island |
| Ethnicity | Rotenese |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2002)[1] |
Austronesian
| |
| Dialects |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | twu |
| Glottolog | term1237 |
| ELP | Lua error in Module:Endangered_Languages_Project at line 21: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
Termanu is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of Roti Island, off Timor, Indonesia. Speakers of Korbafo and Bokai dialects are ethnically distinct.
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Consonants
[edit | edit source]Labial Apical Velar Glottal Nasal m n ŋ Stop voiceless p t k ʔ voiced b d̪ prenasal ᵐp ᵐb ⁿd ᵑɡ Fricative f s h Lateral l
- /ᵑɡ, l/ have variants of [ɡ, ɾ] in other dialects.
- Sounds [w, j] also occur in loanwords and interjections.
Vowels
[edit | edit source]Vowel length is also distributed.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Termanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Sources
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
.jpg){kind=small} | This Austronesian languages-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This Indonesian language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |